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Walter Langton
Walter Langton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield | |
 Walter Langton, 18th-century drawing of a now-lost stained-glass depiction in Lichfield Cathedral | |
| Elected | 20 February 1296 |
| Term ended | 9 November 1321 |
| Predecessor | Roger de Meyland |
| Successor | Roger Northburgh |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 23 December 1296 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1243 Leicestershire |
| Died | 9 November 1321 (aged 78) |
| Buried | Lichfield Cathedral |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Walter Langton (died 1321) of Castle Ashby[2] in Northamptonshire, was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and King's Treasurer. The life of Langton was strongly influenced by his uncle William Langton (d. 1279), Archbishop of York-elect, by Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England and then by the years in which he served King Edward I. Lichfield Cathedral was improved and enriched at his expense.[3]
- ^ see File:WalterDeLangton Died1321 BishopOfCoventry&Lichfield AfterDugdale.png. The arms (apparently based on Dugdale's drawing) are blazoned slightly differently as Or, a fess compony azure and gules in Bedford, Blazons of Episcopacy, 1858, p.57, apparently based on Dugdale's depiction [1]
- ^ 'Parishes: Castle Ashby', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1937), pp. 230-236. [2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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